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55 Articles found on Tuesday, 3 July 2012
Tweya sets stage for China trade
03-07-2012
NAMIBIA does not need the export markets of its traditional trading partners in the European Union (EU), as it has found a market which is more than two times bigger than the EU market, namely
readSuspended suspension for lawyer Murorua
03-07-2012
WINDHOEK-BASED lawyer Lucius Murorua has survived an attempt to have his name struck from the roll of legal practitioners for having misled a High Court judge and another lawyer in a divorce case
readBoois off the hook on graft charges
03-07-2012
KEETMANSHOOP Regional Court Magistrate Sunsley Zisengwe yesterday acquitted former Karas governor Dawid Boois (photo), who is now the regional councillor for the Berseba constituency, on corruption
readMpasi gets 4x4 as ‘thank you’
03-07-2012
UKWANGALI chief Sitentu Mpasi acknowledged in the Kahenge Magistrate’s Court in the Kavango Region that he received a Land Cruiser 4x4 as ‘thank you’ for land he had given the Ohangwena Governor Uusko
readNamdeb falls short of output target
03-07-2012
NAMDEB has reached less than half of its production targets to date for the current year. Namdeb’s production volume has dropped by 30 per cent over a five-month period after it had produced only 198
read‘Hot and hotter’ forecast as heat wave bakes eastern US
03-07-2012
WASHINGTON – Relentless heat was forecast for much of the eastern United States for a fourth straight day yesterday, after violent storms killed at least 15 people and knocked out power to more than
readEkandjo calls for ‘total revolution’
03-07-2012
MTC spokesperson Tim Ekandjo has called for a ‘total revolution’ to improve the standard of Namibian football.Speaking at the MTC Namibia Premier League awards ceremony on Sunday evening, Ekandjo said
readLira loses out at BET Awards
03-07-2012
Nigeria’s music artiste, Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has won the Best International Act at the 2012 Black Entertainment Television (BET) awards held on Sunday night. The two beat off
readAgricultural diary
03-07-2012
• Auctions July 4: Total sale of the Pieter de Lange Trust cattle at farm Drie Anker near Kalkrand (Bonsmara, Brahman and Simmentaler). July 11: Van Rooy sheep auction of Francois and Wallace Theron
readKomomugondo’s stud moving forward like a tsunami
03-07-2012
VAUGHN Komomungondo started the Tsunami Boer Goat Stud in 2008 and operates from Okondjamo, Aminuis.The stud is registered with the Boer Goat Breeders’ Society of Namibia and the Namibian Stud
readSkuilhoek: A force to reckon with in farming
03-07-2012
NICHLAS Mbingeneeko is at the helm of Skuilhoek Boer Goat Stud in the Aranos District. The stud is registered with the Boer Goat Breeders’ Society of Namibia and is also a member of the Namibian Stud
readBarclays chair quits over interest rate scandal CEO Diamond to fight on, faces grilling tomorrow
03-07-2012
LONDON – Barclays Plc Chairman Marcus Agius quit yesterday, saying “the buck stops with me” after an interest rate rigging scandal dealt “a devastating blow” to the bank’s reputation.Agius, chairman
readBe honest with taxman: Gordhan
03-07-2012
South Africans have been urged to be sincere and truthful with the SA Revenue Service (Sars) in the 2012 tax season.South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan told reporters in Pretoria yesterday
read‘Conflict gold’ trade continues in face of US law
03-07-2012
MONGBWALU, Democratic Republic of Congo – Gold traders in the eastern Congo district of Ituri have heard of the Dodd-Frank act, or ‘Obama’s law’ as it’s known here, but don’t see why it’s got anything
readAn open discussion of risk
03-07-2012
Some risks arise from events outside the company that are beyond its influence and control. It makes sense to openly discuss what those risks could be as a way to manage the unexpected, says Harvard
readWest Africa Cable System holds endless possibilities
03-07-2012
THE Government and Namibian information and communication technology (ICT) entrepreneurs should act quickly to make full use of the West Africa Cable System (WACS). This is the opinion of Rally for
readDriver’s licence applicants fail to show up
03-07-2012
SINCE January this year, 90 applicants for driver’s licences failed to show up for testing, prompting the Swakopmund municipality to recommend the suspension of future guilty applicants for one month
readOrgan concert to mark church’s 100th anniversary
03-07-2012
A SPECIAL organ concert, to highlight the 100th anniversary of the German Lutheran Church in Swakopmund, will be held on July 28.“A deep understanding of and inner commitment to music is the aim of
readTowing made ‘eezy’
03-07-2012
IF it wasn’t for two ladies stuck in traffic and struggling to attach a tow-rope between their two vehicles in Johannesburg, John Kotze would not have an idea that would make towing as easy as 1, 2,
readSeal rights activist slams Ombudsman’s report
03-07-2012
SEALS of Nam (SoN), one the critics of Namibia’s annual seal cull, has described Namibian Ombudsman John Walters’s report on the complaints by seal-rights activists about seal culling as “badly
readBusiness down at Ûiba-Ôas Crystal Market
03-07-2012
THE fancy crystal market that was given to crystal-sellers at Ûiba-Ôas community at the turnoff to the Spitzkoppe on the B2 highway near Usakos is apparently not as lucrative as was hoped.The market,
readWalvis budget ‘gives and takes’
03-07-2012
THERE will be tariff hikes for Walvis Bay residents in the new financial year, but there will also be ‘gifts’ including an amnesty on unpaid bills and a waiver of emergency call-out fees.During the
readKatti’s Uis tin mine still ‘hanging’
03-07-2012
NAMIBIAN businessman Knowledge Katti’s plan to revive the old tin and tantalite mine at Uis is still waiting for an official agreement with the local small miners before its realisation is approved by
readChris Brown and Drake ‘offered’ millions to fight it out
03-07-2012
The promoter would like to have Rihanna either as a card ring girl or in the audience if the two love rivals agree to do the match.Brown and Drake had something of an altercation last month when, in
readKim pledges to help poor as he takes World Bank reins
03-07-2012
WASHINGTON – Korean-American physician Jim Yong Kim took the reins of the poverty-fighting World Bank yesterday and pledged to protect developing countries at a pivotal moment for a world economy that
readFour foreign aid workers rescued from Somali captors
03-07-2012
MOGADISHU/NAIROBI – Somali and Kenyan troops rescued four foreign aid workers held hostage inside Somalia, three days after they were seized from a refugee camp in neighbouring Kenya, the armies said
readSyria opposition meets in Cairo to chart united front
03-07-2012
CAIRO – Syria’s main exiled opposition groups met in Cairo yesterday to try to forge a common vision for a political transition in Syria after criticising a blueprint agreed by the major powers.Arab
readRwanda’s gorillas prosper despite guerrillas next door
03-07-2012
VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK – Baby gorillas roll around as their mothers tuck into juicy plant shoots: mountain gorillas are highly endangered, but the 27 members of the Agashya family are well
readOominista tadhi ka kala noonkondo odhindji kombanda yoohamushanga
03-07-2012
OOMINISTA dhoKabinete otadhi ka vula oku gandja omanyenyeto gadho kombinga yoomahushanga taya kalele. Shika oominista otadhi ka vula oku shi ninga ngele omalundululo ga thanekwa oku ningwa moveta
readSMS mOshiwambo
03-07-2012
*Ohandikongo ekwafo koshiwana sha Venduka,ndakanifa ondjato yange yiimaliwa yakanena po 4 way pOmbili popepi nOkalindi.Omuna nee okamutwe kange kashangwa Petrus Paulus Kalenga.Ou wekamona nande oka
readSwapo okwa topoka paludhi moshitopolwa sha Caprivi
03-07-2012
AANAMBELEWA mewiliko yoSwapo moshikandjohogololo shaKatima Rural oya indile opo omuperesidende Hifikepunye Pohamba a kwathele oku kuthapo uupyakadhi wokwaa uvathana tawu kateke oshigongi sho
readA tumwa kondholongo molwo ku kwata omwanakadhona koonkondo
03-07-2012
OMUKALIMO gwomo Koes muumbugantu wa Namibia okwa pewa omimvo 14 mondholongo sho a kwata omwanakadhona komatha konyala omimvo hetatu dha pitipo. Omupanguli Nate Ndauendapo okwa pe omulumentu gwomimvo
readOmulandu gwehumokomeho komikunda moparliamende
03-07-2012
OMINISTA yOmalelo giitopolwa, iilando, Omagumbo neyokomeho lyokomikunda, Jerry Ekandjo okwa tula omulandu gwopashigwana gweyokomeho lyokomikunda moparliamende oshiwike shayi.Omulandu nguka otagu
readYohan Blake beats Bolt again
03-07-2012
KINGSTON – Yohan Blake set himself up as the man to beat in London with a stunning 200 meters victory, beating world record holder Usain Bolt for a second time in three days to bring the Jamaican
readBrilliant finals capped by Spain’s unique triumph
03-07-2012
KIEV – One of the greatest soccer tournaments of all time ended with a ‘cherry on the cake’ final when Spain retained their European Championship title with a 4-0 win over Italy on Sunday.Their
readSerena survives tough test to make last eight
03-07-2012
LONDON – Four-time champion Serena Williams survived a gruelling examination from Yaroslava Shvedova to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 victory yesterday.Serena looked set to
readWoods moves past Nicklaus with AT&T National win
03-07-2012
July 1 – Tiger Woods overtook Jack Nicklaus in second place on the all-time PGA Tour winners list when he captured the AT&T National tournament at the Congressional Country Club on Sunday.The former
readIsaacks is MTC Player of the Season
03-07-2012
CIVICS midfielder Heini Isaacks was the big winner at the MTC Namibia Premier League awards on Sunday evening, winning two prizes worth a total of N$60 000. He received N$30 000 after winning the MTC
readNamibia fail to win any medals
03-07-2012
NAMIBIA failed to win any medals at the African Athletics Championships in Porto Novo, Benin, after Tjipekapora Herunga and Globine Mayova finished sixth and seventh respectively in the women’s 200m
readFrom The Twittersphere
03-07-2012
THE tone was predominantly serious on Namibian timelines yesterday. Tweeps were up in arms over the killing of a woman in the North by her fiance because of an alleged love triangle, the latest in
readTour guide hopping mad about ‘Mad Max’ taking over desert
03-07-2012
A MEMBER of the ‘Mad Max’ film crew had to get out of the way of the tour bus of Tommy Collard’s Tommy’s Tours and Safaris last week after trying to stop Collard from driving along one of his tour
readSMSes for Tuesday 03 July 2012
03-07-2012
SMSes Of The Day *‘THE house that Hendrina Haufiku built’ (July 2). If the story is correct it is high time African women register property in their own names instead of relying on a ‘husband’. Women
readCity’s salary bill skyrockets
03-07-2012
THE Windhoek municipality’s salary bill has escalated from N$602,4 million during the previous financial year to close to N$1 billion – N$9 119,9 million – for 2012/13. The salary bill in 2010/11 was
readRape appeal backfires, jail time increased
03-07-2012
AN Omaruru resident’s attempt to appeal against a conviction on a rape charge and a jail term of seven years which flowed from that backfired in the High Court in Windhoek last week.Not only was
readNew Meatco legislation to be prepared
03-07-2012
LEGISLATION to govern the new Namibia Meat Company must be tabled in the National Assembly as soon as possible, but in the meantime the Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) will continue operating in
readMan claims pension lost through false claims
03-07-2012
A case was lodged with the High Court in which Charles van der Westerhuizen claims that he has lost his entire pension as a result of alleged false taxes in arrears. In the summons, Van der
read‘Mad Max’ stars enjoy Swakop
03-07-2012
With most if not all the cast of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ having arrived in Namibia, some of them are already enjoying the beautiful scenery in the coastal town of Swakopmund where the movie is going to
readLLD workers still out in cold
03-07-2012
MORE than two weeks after 150 workers of Lev Leviev Diamonds (LLD) were sent home following the factory’s closure, their fate remains uncertain.LLD managing director Kombadayetu Kapwanga yesterday
readLearning English on Saturdays
03-07-2012
THE Namibia United States Alumni Association (NUSAA), together with the King’s Daughters Organisation, has launched a remedial English language programme called ‘English Beyond Borders’. About 50
readGovernment makes huge injection in Windhoek’s informal settlements
03-07-2012
CENTRAL Government has made N$310 million available over the next three years for the upgrade of informal settlements around Windhoek under the Targeted Intervention Programme for Employment and
readHigh blood pressure to blame - Iyambo
03-07-2012
ABRAHAM Iyambo, the Minister of Education, yesterday broke his silence about why he was absent from the office since late last year.Iyambo told a packed auditorium at Government Office Park that high
readGroundswell in Ngurare support base
03-07-2012
EARLY indications are that the secretary of the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL), Elijah Ngurare, may retain his position at the SPYL congress in August.Ngurare, who already was endorsed by the Kavango
readThe Magistrate, The Minister & The Judges Who Sorted Them
03-07-2012
A FOUL-MOUTHED magistrate who uses brute force in court; a minister of justice who won’t fire the magistrate; three judges who lay down the law and tell the minister that the magistrate must be
readHow Do We Justify SOE Executive Pay Packages?
03-07-2012
DAILY accounts of incompetent and bumbling yet bumptious managers of our SOEs warrant serious interrogation.After all, money still does not grow on trees and what we spend at SOEs is taxpayers’ money.
readNotable Quotes
03-07-2012
IT will be suicidal for a PS to keep information only to him or herself as the minister can institute disciplinary action against them. – Secretary to the Cabinet Frans Kapofi said that Cabinet
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